Triple

T9484934
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Environmental Tectonics Corporation E228735 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object James D. Thompson
James D. Thompson is an entrepreneur best known as the founder of Environmental Tectonics Corporation, a company specializing in simulation, training, and environmental control technologies.
E802176 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: James D. Thompson | Statement: [Environmental Tectonics Corporation, foundedBy, James D. Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James D. Thompson
Context triple: [Environmental Tectonics Corporation, foundedBy, James D. Thompson]
  • A. James R. Thompson
    James R. Thompson was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the long-time governor of Illinois and later sat on the 9/11 Commission.
  • B. John H. Van Buskirk
    John H. Van Buskirk was an individual buried at Hackensack Cemetery in Hackensack, New Jersey, likely a local resident or figure of regional historical significance.
  • C. William C. Thompson Jr.
    William C. Thompson Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as New York City Comptroller and was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 2009.
  • D. Hartland Snyder
    Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
  • E. Jim V. Hart
    Jim V. Hart is an American screenwriter and author best known for his work on major fantasy and adventure films such as "Hook," "Bram Stoker's Dracula," and "Contact."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: James D. Thompson
Triple: [Environmental Tectonics Corporation, foundedBy, James D. Thompson]
Generated description
James D. Thompson is an entrepreneur best known as the founder of Environmental Tectonics Corporation, a company specializing in simulation, training, and environmental control technologies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James D. Thompson
Target entity description: James D. Thompson is an entrepreneur best known as the founder of Environmental Tectonics Corporation, a company specializing in simulation, training, and environmental control technologies.
  • A. James R. Thompson
    James R. Thompson was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the long-time governor of Illinois and later sat on the 9/11 Commission.
  • B. John H. Van Buskirk
    John H. Van Buskirk was an individual buried at Hackensack Cemetery in Hackensack, New Jersey, likely a local resident or figure of regional historical significance.
  • C. William C. Thompson Jr.
    William C. Thompson Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as New York City Comptroller and was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 2009.
  • D. Hartland Snyder
    Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
  • E. Jim V. Hart
    Jim V. Hart is an American screenwriter and author best known for his work on major fantasy and adventure films such as "Hook," "Bram Stoker's Dracula," and "Contact."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ca84730a5081908de282651019bf2f completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd804e278c8190b1f869158075cd52 completed April 1, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d12d1326b8819084c6d9490b7a96dc completed April 4, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d12df73e3c819095f69e2b61989bb1 completed April 4, 2026, 3:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d12e6ed8988190bd1f4b6881db5e63 completed April 4, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:55 p.m.